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Organized crime capos and corrupt politicians have been
getting away with murdering journalists in Mexico for so long that there isn't
a reliable count on the number of the dead or a useful way to measure the
crushing effects on a democracy when a country's press is afraid to tell the
truth. CPJ research shows that, of 69 journalists killed since 1994 in Mexico,
28 were clearly killed because of their work, and nearly all of those directly
targeted for murder. But the killing started years before that, the numbers are
not dependable, and the motives are often unknown, because the professionalism
of the investigations is doubtful. Mexico's state governments have simply
failed to find those responsible, and journalists working outside of the
capital have for the most part decided their only protection is to not cover
stories the killers don't want covered.